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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Wordless Wednesday: Chucks

Wordless Wednesday is a daily
prompt at Geneabloggers that asks family historians to create a post in which
the main focus is a photograph or image.

Helen is on the right.

My great-aunt Helen Killeen Parker must have had a
wonderful summer at Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia. Her photo album is full of pictures of her
and her friends enjoying the sea and sand. Based on other dated photos, the
pictures were taken sometime between 1918 and 1920.

The photo is captioned “Chucks.” What does that mean? I have Googled slang, flapper slang, 1920s slang,
etc. but without success. Helen used that same caption for other group photos
too, so my best guess is that it means friends.

I wondered about the tent too because they were in a beach house in several pictures, so I don't think they were camping on the beach. Maybe SOMEBODY was. I've looked at the other photos labeled "Chucks" and none of the men look like the one in this photo. One photo is a man by himself, labeled "Big Chuck." He is also in a picture with Helen and another girl, labeled "Chucks."

Love the fashion in this picture! I am not sure what "Chucks" means as my first thought was the popular shoes referred to as "Chucks". Found you on Arlee Birds blog- definitely will be popping back over :)

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